Open joist is a revolutionary open web all wood floor truss engineered with superior strength and load carrying capabilities.
Open roof web trusses span.
As the name trimjoist indicates our product can be trimmed on the construction site for a custom fit.
The shapes and spans shown here represent only a fraction of the millions of designs produced by alpine engineers.
Trusses are convenient because they are lightweight and allow for faster and easier installation compared to other framing systems.
The spans are based on simple span joists.
Of bearings and is based on uniformly loaded joists.
In the late 1950 s redbuilt s founders invented an innovative composite steel and engineered wood open web truss.
The maximum span is measured o c.
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No more custom made floor trusses.
Just as there are many types of roofs with many roof parts there are many different types of roof trusses this extensive article explains through a series of custom truss diagrams the different truss configurations you can use for various roofs.
Dead load deflection is limited to l 360 and total load deflection is limited to l 240.
Redbuilt open web trusses offer a variety of solutions for a broad range of challenges.
Whether your project is for retail or office space a school multi family apartments condos assisted living facilities hotels and motels warehouses you name it an open floor plan is often a primary requirement.
Trimjoist is the marriage of an open web floor truss and a trimmable wooden i joist bringing the best features of each to the relationship.
Alpine truss designs are engineered to meet specific span configuration and load conditions.
While this article focuses on configurations we also have a very cool set of illustrations showcasing the different parts anatomy of roof trusses.
The minimum bearing length is 1 spans values in bold indicate that web stiffeners are required at the osb end panel.